Richardson Report

Can you believe the cousins' clothes all coordinated?  How fun is that! I left a spot to photoshop Hannah into the picture.  ;-) So the baptism went great.  We were happy to have some family drive down to be with us.  And there were some wonderful ward friends who showed up as well, which made it very special for Natalie.  She was so excited, but we were worried she was coming down with a cold.   Luckily she pulled it together for the big day. Obviously we are not used to grouping together for a family picture without Hannah.  There are gaps in all of them! Congrats, Natalie!  We are so pleased with your decision to be baptized and your excitement about it. 

Yep.  At 12:21am Miss Natalie turned 8.  Since she was 8 for so long before breakfast, we figured she was practically 8 1/2 now.  She's pretty excited about this birthday of hers! This little girl was born 8 years ago.  She was the second and only child other than Hannah where I started labor at home (that is weird when you think about it).  Great story from her birth - I had to have antibiotics and an IV because of the strep B that sometimes is present.  We decided to do an epidural to help the wait along (antibiotics have to be spread out in two doses).  So I was feeling pretty good during labor.  My doctor came over after work and I remember him sitting on the side of the bed telling me that he was going to rupture the amniotic sac so that labor would start progressing. He did the tiniest of tears because I WARNED HIM.... and a huge fire hydrant's worth of fluid came gushing out all over him, the bed, the floor.  It was a mess.  He had a stunned, shocked look on his face